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Mechanical Turk - Wikimedia Commons

The Mechanical Turk: How a Chess-playing Hoax Inspired Real Computers

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AI Could Give Millions Online Legal Help. But What Will the Law Allow?

Culkin Home Alone - 20th Century Fox

Researchers Create Algorithm That Predicts Hollywood Success or Failure

Smartphone in Bed - Getty

How Ditching My Smartphone Let Me Recharge and Reconnect

Analysis of 4 Million Pitches Reveals Umps Really Do Suck at Calling Strikes

Plane-Pilots

Despite Passenger Fears, Automation is the Future of Aviation

People Follow a Universal Pattern When Switching Between Cell Phone Apps

nuclear weapons

Testing Nuclear Weapons is More Important Than Ever

Shape-Shifters

Welcome to the Weird Mathematical World of Topology

SNAPSHOT: Hip Hop Makes Cheese Taste Better, Finds a Strange Swiss Experiment

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A Judge Asks: Is Forensic Science Really Science?

Glued to Their Phones? Study Says Children Still Watch TV More Than Anything

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